B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Eighth Air Force (Part 2)
Contributors: Mark Styling (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: November 13, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781841764344
Subjects: Air forces & warfare; Aircraft: general interest; American history: Second World War; European history: Second World War; Military vehicles; Second World War, 1939-1945; Military; History; History - Military / War; Europe; USA; Military - Aviation; History / Military / Aviation; Military - World War II
First sentence: The first steps in the creation of the 3rd Bomb Division (BD) began in May 1943, when it was decided that the 94th, 95th and 96th BGs of the 1st Bomb Wing (BW) in Northamptonshire would transfer south to form the nucleus of the new 4th BW in Suffolk and Essex.